Which color do yall recommend ? Also any other sites you’d recommend buying from ? I decided to go with Amazon because the easy returns and the 10% cash back on this phone specifically.
not sure how people keep these new phones in their pockets. It's just too big and too uncomfortable. The camera, especially the zoom, is a nice improvement, but couldn't get over the size. Had to keep it in a jacket pocket. Not sure what I would have done during the summer. I really don't get why all these phones are so large. Just give me a new phone with the body of a 5 again!
Very possible I’ll regret it or maybe there are signs of repair I haven’t noticed yet but so far I’m feeling pretty lucky to open up this new to me 13 mini and see this.
Just wanted to share my experience on the 13mini for battery life with different iOS versions recently. I held out with the last version of iOS 18.X for a very long time over concerns about iOS 26 being a worse experience. A couple weeks ago when iOS 27 came out and claimed to fix a lot of issues with 26, I convinced myself to take the plunge.
I first upgraded to iOS 26 for about a week out of curiosity. Battery life seemed okay (slightly worse than 18) but the animations were often not smooth and the overall experience laggy.
iOS 27.0 - much smoother animation and almost no lag vs 26, but this absolutely mauled by battery life, even ignoring the first several days while the OS was still indexing. Like my battery life would sometimes randomly jump down from 25% to 18% at once, and in general I was needing to recharge multiple times per day. (For reference, I'm at 81% battery health).
iOS 27.0.1 - massive improvement in battery life vs 27.0 with the same smooth animations. I'm now back to getting by with my usual 1 recharge mid-day. This OS version is starting to get me optimistic that I might be able to squeeze one more year out of the mini to make it to the XX phones. I'm honestly nervous to update again when future 27 iterations come out since this one works so well for me.
Just spent a couple of hours on my old 4s iOS 5.1.1. Incredibly how quickly the brain adapts - after moving back to mini it feels like a truly large phone!
And oh by the way, what a huge difference in typing experience is between them! Way better on the 4s/iOS 5.1.1, less errors, less lag. And SO MUCH wasted screen space on the mini, everything on 4s was packed but really usable.
I remember posting here about me upgrading to 16e weeks ago, and here I am posting about missing my 13mini.
I'm inlove with 16e's performance as well as its other features, no extra. But the size is 😬😬😬
So here I am admiring people with minis. TBH, I'm looking for 13mini in ios18. 13mini's a keeper
So had 79% battery health charging 2–3 times a day, usually fast charging but occasionally leaving on a magnetic wireless charging stand overnight.
Yesterday got my battery replaced At an Apple Store for AU $149, phone still heats up during some tasks but haven’t charged it yet. To preserve the health not sure whether I should completely ditch fast charging. Wireless charging does still heat up the phone but charges slower and I don’t currently have a convenient way to go back to 5W charging.
What’s everyone else been doing? I’ve only had to replace my battery once so curious.
What is a fair price to charge if I offer my red mini in great condition, no scratches and new battery?